Sick Bunny?

[BunZ1039]

I'm very new to this site so forgive me if I'm doing this all wrong. What brought me here was my desperation to get an explanation for my Bunny's behavior. I live in the country and it's Sunday night...no vets available. Would someone know why my bunny won't come out of her nest, will hardly eat or drink and is sitting in a puddle of her urine. Is she sick or afraid...in Aug we took in a stray cat. (They've had no contact outside the cage.) Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[Watermelons]

Has she been acting like this since august? Or is this hiding/not eating/drinking new? Is she active at all? Is she loosing weight? How do her eyes look are they bright? sunken in? If you lift up her lips how do her gums feel? Has she had diarrhea? How is her urine/fecal output?

Clean her up with a warm damp cloth.
Keep her warm.
If she will eat something, encourage her to eat, offer the yummiest stuff you've got. Any fresh veggies/fruit covered in water. Oats (not quick). etc...
If shes not eating at all....
Crush some of her pellets and mix that with water or pineapple juice and force feed her.

 

[Maureen Las]

yeh we need more info on her . Check out this link as a guide...



http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=44529&forum_id=16

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Sounds like gas possibly. Vet ASAP.

 

[tonyshuman]

News? Sounds like a very sick or very scared bunny.

 

[BertNErnie]

wow that dont sound good

 

[BunZ1039]

Sorry still navigating my way around. Thank you so much fo rthe reply. No she has not been this way since August. Though we noticed a tenativeness epecially when the cat is in the house. It is now very much winter here and we have not quite figured out what to do about the cat at night so we've let it stay in the last 4 or 5 nights. This is when we noticed a behavior change.

Today is the first day she appears to be looseing weight. She will eat her fav. foods if we put them in her nest and tonight she acctually came out into the front of her cage for love and some water(it has only been the last two and a half days that food and water and hiding have been an issue.) Her eyes are not glassed over nad don't appear sunken in. They seem wide but not playful - like she's cautious.

No diaherria that we can tell. She won't let us as close as usual but she is also a rescue and things like touching paws and butt and sensative with her and she has never let us neatr her mouth. She is peeing and pooing but I can't see inside her little space...I havn't wanted to get in there if fear is the real problem. I want to try to make her feel secure.

 

[BunZ1039]

Okay so she has diaherria this morning and lots of tiny sized poos around her cage

 

[I_heart_Fraggles]

You need to get her to a vet.

 

[BunZ1039]

Info on Buns:

Saskatoon, SK Cananda(We keep her indoors all the time)
She's white with light brown stripe down back and a few brown spots, Breed ?, she's a mini, around 7lbs.
Around 5years old
Female

Hesitant to come out of nest area, won't eat usual food, only eats fav foods when put in front of her, and only drinks if water is placed in front of her. Now has diaherria.

Won't go into litter area; last used it three days ago. Poos are small and some diaherria just this morning. Pees in nest area can't tell size. Long stroy but we just use regular dirt in her litter area.

Not spayed; Never sick before

She usually eats Ecotritian essencial blend food (it has 16% crude protein ans as far as we know is balanced) Right now she is only eating fresh veggies and a little banana; she just took some of the "cookie" like bits that are in her food from my hand. But refuses to eat the pellets.

She's not moving around accept to turn around or take a few steps to the front of the cage when we coax her. Over the last three years she does not prefer to be out of her cage (more and more all the time) but particulary since Aug when we took in a stray cat.
She's usually molts between Aug & Oct sometimes into Nov. She didn't molt this year like she usually does.
Tiny bit of weightloss today. Not grooming herself like usual. She looks a little dirty and haggered. She's usually loud and obnxious if she's not happy about something but she quiet and regressive.

The cat we took in in Auguast was starving and alittle sick. Though he is fat and happy now; he's had off and on diaherria. Arranging our living situation with the cat and rabbit has been difficult. We only ever took the bunny out when the cat was out of the house. To keep it brief...the weather turned into serious winter this last week. We could not keep the cat out in the front enterence at night like we had done so he's been in the house at night. Though we know he is and instinctive hunter outside he's never showed more interest in Buns then to glance at her. We don't know if his presence in the house has affected Buns to this point.

 

[BunZ1039]

Info on Buns:

Saskatoon, SK Cananda(We keep her indoors all the time)
She's white with light brown stripe down back and a few brown spots, Breed ?, she's a mini, around 7lbs.
Around 5years old
Female

Hesitant to come out of nest area, won't eat usual food, only eats fav foods when put in front of her, and only drinks if water is placed in front of her. Now has diaherria.

Won't go into litter area; last used it three days ago. Poos are small and some diaherria just this morning. Pees in nest area can't tell size. Long stroy but we just use regular dirt in her litter area.

Not spayed; Never sick before

She usually eats Ecotritian essencial blend food (it has 16% crude protein ans as far as we know is balanced) Right now she is only eating fresh veggies and a little banana; she just took some of the "cookie" like bits that are in her food from my hand. But refuses to eat the pellets.

She's not moving around accept to turn around or take a few steps to the front of the cage when we coax her. Over the last three years she does not prefer to be out of her cage (more and more all the time) but particulary since Aug when we took in a stray cat.
She's usually molts between Aug & Oct sometimes into Nov. She didn't molt this year like she usually does.
Tiny bit of weightloss today. Not grooming herself like usual. She looks a little dirty and haggered. She's usually loud and obnxious if she's not happy about something but she quiet and regressive.

The cat we took in in Auguast was starving and alittle sick. Though he is fat and happy now; he's had off and on diaherria. Arranging our living situation with the cat and rabbit has been difficult. We only ever took the bunny out when the cat was out of the house. To keep it brief...the weather turned into serious winter this last week. We could not keep the cat out in the front enterence at night like we had done so he's been in the house at night. Though we know he is and instinctive hunter outside he's never showed more interest in Buns then to glance at her. We don't know if his presence in the house has affected Buns to this point.

 

[BunZ1039]

Info on Buns:

Saskatoon, SK Cananda(We keep her indoors all the time)
She's white with light brown stripe down back and a few brown spots, Breed ?, she's a mini, around 7lbs.
Around 5years old
Female

Hesitant to come out of nest area, won't eat usual food, only eats fav foods when put in front of her, and only drinks if water is placed in front of her. Now has diaherria.

Won't go into litter area; last used it three days ago. Poos are small and some diaherria just this morning. Pees in nest area can't tell size. Long stroy but we just use regular dirt in her litter area.

Not spayed; Never sick before

She usually eats Ecotritian essencial blend food (it has 16% crude protein ans as far as we know is balanced) Right now she is only eating fresh veggies and a little banana; she just took some of the "cookie" like bits that are in her food from my hand. But refuses to eat the pellets.

She's not moving around accept to turn around or take a few steps to the front of the cage when we coax her. Over the last three years she does not prefer to be out of her cage (more and more all the time) but particulary since Aug when we took in a stray cat.
She's usually molts between Aug & Oct sometimes into Nov. She didn't molt this year like she usually does.
Tiny bit of weightloss today. Not grooming herself like usual. She looks a little dirty and haggered. She's usually loud and obnxious if she's not happy about something but she quiet and regressive.

The cat we took in in Auguast was starving and alittle sick. Though he is fat and happy now; he's had off and on diaherria. Arranging our living situation with the cat and rabbit has been difficult. We only ever took the bunny out when the cat was out of the house. To keep it brief...the weather turned into serious winter this last week. We could not keep the cat out in the front enterence at night like we had done so he's been in the house at night. Though we know he is and instinctive hunter outside he's never showed more interest in Buns then to glance at her. We don't know if his presence in the house has affected Buns to this point.

 

[BunZ1039]

Sorry about the three info posts...computer issues.
I can't get in to a vet till tomorrow. We live in a small town in the country and only have one vehicle....

 

[Kizza]

Hi, how is the little one doing? Did you get her to a vet? I hope so because if she has diarrhea she will lose fluid very quickly and this is very dangerous. It sounds to me like she might have contracted something. I hope she is doing ok.

 

[BunZ1039]

We did get her to the vet. She stayed for three nights. We should get her home today. They don't exactly know what is wrong. Bur her digestion seems to be doing great. We hand fed and watered her till we could get her there and then they finally were able to get her eating hay and drinking on her own. She seems to still be tipping to one side. They suspect either a two different kinds of infection or a brain tumor. We told them to give her an antibiotic and we'll take her home today and hope for the best. Do you know if it is true that we need to give her pro-biotics if we give her an antibiotic? The interning vet didn't know and our vet is not in. Thanks so much for your concern